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  Continuous decorative thermal printUSPTO Application #: 20060127155Title: Continuous decorative thermal print Abstract: The invention relates to a decorative thermal print comprising a continuous thermal print material comprising a thermal image on a pragmatic layer, a protective layer over the print, and an adhesive layer on the opposite side of said pragmatic layer from said image. (end of abstract)
Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff - Rochester, NY, US Inventors: Cheryl J. Brickey, Robert P. Bourdelais, John M. Palmeri USPTO Applicaton #: 20060127155 - Class: 400120100 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Typewriting Machines, Typing By Other Than Type-face Or Type-die, Thermal, Density Control, By Number Of Heated Recording Elements The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060127155. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates to a decorative thermal print materials suitable for wall decorations and more particularly, a continuous thermal print material with a repeating pattern without spacing between pattern repeats. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Hanging of wallpaper or a wallpaper boarder is becoming a popular do-it-yourself product for many homeowners, and is often undertaken by a homeowner having limited experience in such a project. It represents a convenient way of decorating a room to reflect the chosen fashion of the homeowner. To decorate the wall, wallpaper is placed and applied to the wall by applying and/or spreading paste on the backside of the wallpaper, followed by placing the back side of the paper to the wall. Thereafter, the wallpaper is smoothed against the wall by a variety of tools. [0003] Wallpaper or wall boarders are typically printed on gravure printing machine utilizing several printing stations to prints the graphic designs that are popular subject matter for wallpaper. Since wallpaper is printed on large, productive machine, wallpaper inventory and a limited selection is a current reality of the business model as long runs on the printing press are required to off-set the considerable expense of press make ready. Further, customization of wall decoration with photographs, images and text is very difficult because of the printing presses currently used to produce wall decorations. [0004] U.S. Pat. No. 5,824,363, to Poole et al., teaches a wallpaper pasting machine having a lid and a trough. The lid can completely cover the trough to keep the paste from further drying out. An applying roller for applying paste to wallpaper is placed within the inner compartment of the trough. A scraper bar is mounted at the rear portion of the trough, and the scraper bar scrapes excess paste from wallpaper. A snap lock located on the lid is used to secure the lid to the trough. Paper tension ribs are located in the interior portion of the lid for providing tension on the wallpaper and for guiding and pressing the wallpaper to the applying roller to apply paste onto the wallpaper as the wallpaper is pulled through the machine. A return roller can be adjusted in position and held to one of three sets of holes that are on the lid. The position adjustment of the return roller allows the thickness of paste that is applied to the wallpaper to be varied. The pasting machine can be mounted, attached, or fixed to a surface. Paste is applied to the wallpaper being generally placed over the applying roller, pulled through pasting machine, and pulled around and over return roller. [0005] U.S. Pat. No. 5,795,387, to Huerta, discloses a paste applying apparatus including a trough having an upstream end, a downstream end and opposing sidewalls, an applicator roller carried by the trough, and an adjustable scraper bar carried by the trough upstream of and adjacent to the applicator roller. The apparatus includes an adjustment assembly for adjusting the scraper bar for allowing a user to adjust the amount of paste removed from the surface of the wallpaper, a lid removably and hingedly coupled to the trough for movement between an open position and a closed position, and an outfeed roller carried proximate the trough upstream of the scraper bar. [0006] U.S. Pat. No. 5,421,886, to Poole et al., relates to a paste dispenser having a paste reservoir and an applicator for containing and applying paste to wallpaper. A package having a container and a base, transformable between a package configuration wherein the paste dispenser is received within the container and the container is closed by the base, and an applicator configuration wherein the base extends from the container and carries the paste dispenser. Arresting means is provided in contact with the wallpaper for limiting the flow of paste from the paste dispenser. [0007] U.S. Pat. No. 5,336,323, to Cotton et al., teaches a wallpaper dispenser for automatically hydrating a film of glue pre-applied to one side of a roll of wallpaper. The dispenser includes a reservoir having a roll of wallpaper rotatably supported thereover and a roller for guiding the wallpaper within a quantity of water contained within the reservoir. A ramp is provided for cutting the wallpaper and includes a cutting ridge along which a cutting member is drawn to cut the wallpaper perpendicular to the length thereof. A tape measure and means for securing the tape measure adjacent the ridge are provided to indicate the point, forwardly of the ridge, adjacent, which the forward margin of the wallpaper should be positioned. A slidable member is provided to automatically align the pattern on one strip of the wallpaper with the same pattern on a previously cut strip when the strips are positioned in laterally adjacent relation and with the top margins thereof in alignment. [0008] U.S. Pat. No. 5,330,575, to Poole et al., discloses apparatus for applying paste, which apparatus includes a trough having an upstream end and a downstream end removably carrying an applicator roller rotated by driving means and a scraper bar. The scraper bar is upstream of and adjacent the applicator roller with a pressure area downstream of the applicator roller. A lid hingedly coupled to the trough, carrying an outfeed roller downstream of the scraper bar, is provided for guiding wallpaper over the applicator roller and the scraper bar. [0009] U.S. Pat. No. 5,230,737, to Takada et al., relates to a wallpaper pasting apparatus characterized in that the wallpaper pasting apparatus is provided with a pasting roller and a pressing guide for pressing the wallpaper against the upper surface thereof, by a plurality of leveling plate means having edge wavy grooves for adjusting the thickness of the paste layer transferred onto the wallpaper. [0010] U.S. Pat. No. 4,159,695, to Newman, teaches a wallpaper paste applicator comprising a container having an inclined trap bottom portion along which a strip of wallpaper travels with its decorative surface facing downward. The paper is pulled through a slot in the forward portion of the apparatus formed by a vertically adjustable wall and the bottom of the tray. A quantity of paste is maintained on top of the wallpaper in the tray, and is distributed to the back of the paper by a flexible notched wiping bar. PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED BY THE INVENTION [0011] There is a need for wall decorations that can be customized by consumers at point of purchase and printed on a media continuously, without seams between patterns. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0012] It is an object of the invention to provide a digitally printed wall decoration media. [0013] It is another object to provide a media that contains repeating pattern without spaces between patterns. [0014] It is a further object to a digital template for insertion of consumer-selected images. [0015] These and other objects of the invention are accomplished by a decorative thermal print comprising a continuous thermal print material comprising a thermal image on a pragmatic layer, a protective layer over the print, and an adhesive layer on the opposite side of said pragmatic layer from said image. ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECT OF THE INVENTION [0016] The invention provides a continuous thermally printed decorative print material capable of being applied to walls, ceilings or automotive bodies. In one preferred embodiment, the invention provides consumers a method for customization of wall decorations. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0017] FIG. 1 is an illustration of a decorative thermal print in which consumer custom image content corresponds to a thermal dye transfer printed template. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Continue reading... Full patent description for Continuous decorative thermal print Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Continuous decorative thermal print patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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